I've got a bone to pick...

So randomly went back to trying to kill some puny's for bones for this mission last night for a bit. Used to be a reasonably fun activity to pass some time.

Couple of things though of note, it used to be you got a lot of rocket launchers, azuros, rubios and small amplifiers doing these mobs. Now nothing but shrapnel.

Also... no Calypso Bone Samples... does anyone know if this mission is nerfed or something now? entropiawiki: Material: Calypso Bone Sample (Mission Item) I think the mission is called "I've got a bone to pick with you" entropiawiki: Mission: I've got a bone to pick! I did look on the wiki here for info too but failed.

Anyone know anything about this? If not I'll try Rookie/MA helpers

Wistrel

 

Yeh I was. So went back again last night. Did at least manage to loot 4 but it was super rare. Also got a small amp too so I guess the gear still looting. I did then move to an area just north of there where there as a shallow pond with an island in the middle and seemed to do better there I think I got up to 9 bones in a shorter time frame and more non shrapnel loot. Overall loot returns seemed reasonable really, I should imagine it might take some considerable time to cycle 20ped ammo into nothing.

But yeh, the notion of eventually gaining 10,000 bones at this speed seems somewhat ludicrous. I mean, not that I especially care but it does seem like yet another example of MA coming up with something that's difficulty/cost to completion is so utterly out of whack with the reward, you wonder what on earth they are smoking.

Wistrel

 

Yeh it was going a bit like this (where each pile was a mob)

 

Did similar to this loot window 2-3 times last night. No Bones looted at all. Feels like a nerf

 

Oh while I'm talking missions. On my travels I found an island just a bit NW of PA with a crashed robot spaceship on it. Guess it is mission related. Any ideas what mission that might be from the crowd? Not quite sure how I'd search for that one.

 

overall returns were about 80% at a rough estimate, potentially a little higher with markup on a few odds and sods that were in there too.

 

I think it's something us old's like to keep. I sure hope they hang onto it for Untropia. It survived through to Crytropia from NetImmerse/GameBryo Engine days I think for nostalgia reasons and because the art on the different loot windows is so cool/unique (there are different windows for hunting, crafting and mining). Something like "it just wouldn't be Entropia without the loot window".

But to hear that new players don't see it? That's sad. To be fair though I think probably even oldies turned it off once they got the ability to, for many it's probably seen as an unhelpful nuisance window that simply gets in the way. Plus the textual listing of loot as the alternative is something that many find more helpful, a bit like the old team loot messages.

So yeh, much as I like it I fear it may not survive the next engine update. I guess I'll just have to cross my fingers on that one and hope.

As for you not getting it, if you'd like to try, as Lousise says, sure, hit the options. Go turn on avatar chatter while you are there too, oh and set the HoF display threshold to 1k PEDs.

 

Maybe I should share my thing that plays the old death sound too for the true retro experience. Unfortunately I don't have a way of turning the screen a tinted shade of red though XD

 

pi?

 

oh haha you know, I've never heard it called that.

BTW the items turn up in the inventory at the same time as the loot window. You don't have to drag and drop/transfer them or anything. Basically the loot window is a visual rather than textual representation of what you have looted.